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Aral: How the Fourth Largest Sea Almost Disappeared and Why it’s a Warning to Modern America

updated on April 8, 2019April 8, 2019By Will and Sarah
A grounded fishing boat on the floor of the Aral Sea.

Introduction
As I travel by train from Southern Kazakhstan to Russia, I can see the dried, salty lake beds around the city of Aralsk. Aralsk used to ...

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Epic Monuments in Stalingrad

updated on October 19, 2018October 6, 2018By Will and Sarah
The Motherland Calls, Things to do Volgograd

We were excited to visit Volvograd, a city you probably haven’t heard of unless you know of the former name, Stalingrad. It was here that the Russians...

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Diary, Russia, Transcontinental Adventures

Sauran Guide

updated on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018By Will and Sarah
Things to do Shymkent Turkistan Sauran Kazakhstan

Intro
In a land far away, in the rural regions of Central Asia, just South of Kyzylorda, there stands an abandoned city made of sand and mud that goe...

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Kazakhstan, Travel Guide

Sayram Guide

updated on October 5, 2018October 5, 2018By Will and Sarah
Things to see Shymkent and Sayram

Intro
You might not have heard of Sayram, but it's actually one of the oldest cities in Central Asia and is over 3000 years old. The city is so old t...

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Kazakhstan, Travel Guide

Why Astana Is One of The Weirdest Capitals in the World (With Pictures)

updated on September 21, 2018September 21, 2018By Will and Sarah
Strange and Weird Astana - Palace of Peace and Reconciliation - Pyramid Building Astana

Simply looking at photos of Astana, you can see that this strange capital is something else. Whether it’s the glass pyramid, the giant tent shopping m...

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Article, Kazakhstan

Where to Stay in Turkistan

updated on September 21, 2018September 20, 2018By Will and Sarah
Things to do Shymkent Turkistan Sauran Kazakhstan

There are very few accommodations listed online for Turkistan. The two that are commonly recommended are Hotel Sabina and Hotel Edem. We stayed at Hot...

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How To, Kazakhstan

Omsk – Four Things to See and Do

on September 20, 2018September 20, 2018By Will and Sarah
Assumption Cathedral Omsk Things to do Omsk

Again, like Novosibirsk, we had very little time to experience the city and we had to cherry-pick the best things to see and do in Omsk.

Omsk railw...

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Article, Russia

What To See in Novosibirsk – 6 Sights On Our Whistlestop Tour

updated on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018By Will and Sarah
Things to do Novosibirsk

When we visited Novosibirsk, we had a grand total of four hours between trains and after checking our bags in and out of the cloakroom, that equated t...

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Article, Russia

Things to Do In Irkutsk Based on Our Own Experience

updated on September 15, 2018September 11, 2018By Will and Sarah
Epiphany Cathedral Irkutsk Things to Do and See

We’ve created a list of things to see and do in Irkutsk based on our own experience. We went to Irkutsk knowing that it was seen as the entrance to La...

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Article, Russia

(Disappointingly Few) Things to do in Ulan Ude

updated on September 4, 2018September 4, 2018By Will and Sarah

When we researched good places to stop on the Trans-Siberian, we decided to definitely include Ulan Ude. It was touted as the Buddhist capital of Russ...

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Article, Diary, Russia

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